Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756306AbXKISxq (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:53:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753233AbXKISxi (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:53:38 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:48758 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751885AbXKISxi (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:53:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4734ACAD.3060001@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:53:33 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Dunlap CC: Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.23: GRUB reports "Setup signature not found" References: <47348F54.2080507@redhat.com> <20071109085905.3c2a78cd.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <4734A9B6.1080404@zytor.com> <20071109104635.11e504d2.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20071109104635.11e504d2.rdunlap@xenotime.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1379 Lines: 38 Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:40:54 -0800 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Randy Dunlap wrote: >>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:48:20 -0500 Chuck Ebbert wrote: >>> >>>> Multiple people have now reported this error message with 2.6.23. >>>> Updating GRUB fixes it: >>>> >>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=370391 >>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371321 >>> Thanks for the info. >>> A better fix IMHO would be if one could get lilo to work. :) >>> >>> --- >>> ~Randy [who is fed up with grub] >> BTW, I definitely can agree with your feeling about grub (which is part >> of why I maintain a different boot loader suite.) However, if you know >> of any LILO problems, please speak up. > > I don't know of any lilo-specific problems and didn't mean to imply > that LILO is at fault. > > The problems that I have seen when I have tried to switch from > grub to LILO are more like config issues: > either "can't find root device" or > "cannot open /dev/console" or other initrd/initramfs issues. > OK. I'd be interested in your experience if you'd be willing to try out syslinux (extlinux). -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/